ali_j

Well, here's my reasoning -- aggressive, but they know the rules of the road and where they are going -- are also giving driving their full attention, which helps...

I'd prefer aggressive and pushy but good driver any day over stupid and not paying attention ... at least you know what you are getting with the former & can plan for it.

snorkmaiden

That is exactly it! It's very much every man for himself on the roads (or at least it was in Garland and surrounding areas) and you learn quite quickly, that indicating that you want to change lane is just an invitation for some knob to cut you off, just because driving seems to be a bit of a competition all the time, have to be first, can't let anyone out, musn't let anyone past, have to get through the lights as fast as you can, even if it's not safe, to beat the red light.

We've been in Edmonton a month now and cannot get used to people letting us out at junctions, letting you into lanes in front of them etc. All very polite and totally shocking after four years in Texas

snowbunny

stupid, aggressive, but probably unarmed.... unless you count the vehicle as a weapon.

Bob

Tracfone also have a sim card based phones these days, but the T&C's aren't as good as they use to be, probably better off with a ATT jobby these days.

onedah

The AT&T one I looked at had a $1 connect fee per active day of use, sounded rather steep? Vigin also offer a PAYG but not sure on coverage.

snowbunny

My daughter had a PAYG Virgin phone we bought at Target. No probs with coverage, she wanted a flashier phone so we switched her to our plan with AT&T. Can't find the Virgin top-up cards very easily at gas stations but can top-up online, so that's not a problem. The AT&T ones are called "Go phones" on their website.

scrubbedexpat097

We have Virgin phones and I have one of their plans which was really simple to set up the OH has the pay as you go and we top his up on line whenever he needs more minutes. We are not big cell phone users so this suits us fine!

TruBrit

me to...at least you know they are paying attention and not doing 101 other thangs while attempting to drive their ve-hicle

englishinusa

Some people recommended Grapevine ...

We've lived in Grapevine for 6 years, and we really like it there. It's kind-of old-worldy around main street (check out the town jail from 1903 - most amusing). We live on the southern edge of Grapevine, just north of Colleyville (which is also nice but very expensive). A lot of new building going on, both homes and new stores.

Grapevine was recently listed as the #97 place in America to live by CNN Money (http://money.cnn.com/magazines/money...00/index4.html) ... and Dallas was listed #5 in big cities on the same survey.


Some other people also recommended buying a car ... it's been some years since I did that, but I believe you need a social security number to register or insure a car. The SSN may take some weeks to come through, so you may need to plan on medium-term car rental.


I drive from Grapevine to Plano to work each day along the George Bush. My drive is pretty easy (30 miles in 35 minutes, except in the depths of rush hour when it takes maybe 45 minutes); drivers going the other way have a rough time of it, especially between I-35 and the Dallas North Tollway. If you're working in Irving, living in Plano will be an irritating commute.

ali_j

it always makes me giggle when they say ve-HIC-le ... I'll never get used to it!

Leslie

It is horrible. Please don't ever say it that way. Please. I BEG OF YOU!!!!

snowbunny

alright how is "vehicular" properly pronounced?

Sally

Silent haitch

snowbunny

yeh but wha 'bout the "e" in front? "eeee" or "eh"?

Sally

I dont know what the correct pronunciation is. I say vee-ic-le